慾
慾 — yok
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 욕심 욕
- Romanization
- yok
- English
- lust, desire, passion; appetite
- Mandarin
- yù
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヨク, ユ
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 心 (61, 11 residual)
- Unicode
- U+617E
Parts that make up 慾
How 慾 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 慾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 欲, 心.
Korean example words with 慾
- 대욕大慾 Korean gloss: 큰 욕심
- 허욕虛慾 Korean gloss: 헛된 욕심
- 생욕生慾 Korean gloss: 살려는 의욕
- 색욕色慾 Korean gloss: 색에 대한 욕망
- 물욕物慾 Korean gloss: 재물을 탐내는 마음
- 노욕老慾 Korean gloss: 늙은이가 부리는 욕심
- 성욕性慾 Korean gloss: 성적 행위에 대한 욕망
- 욕정慾情 Korean gloss: 이성에 대한 육체적 욕망
- 이욕利慾 Korean gloss: 사사로운 이익을 탐내는 욕심
- 과욕過慾 Korean gloss: 욕심이 지나침. 또는 그 욕심
- 야욕野慾 Korean gloss: 야수와 같은 야비한 성적 욕망
- 애욕愛慾 Korean gloss: 애정과 욕심을 아울러 이르는 말
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 慾
- 名誉慾めいよよく love of fame
Other hanja read “욕”
Other hanja with radical 心
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